| Pieszewo | |
| Settlement Type: | Settlement |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kętrzyn |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Barciany |
| Coordinates: | 54.1661°N 21.3725°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pieszewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south of Barciany, 100NaN0 north of Kętrzyn, and 720NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Pieszewo was originally just a few small farms.[2] In 1785, it was mentioned as "a noble farming village" with eight fireplaces.[3] In 1874, Pieszewo became part of the newly established administrative district of Wehlack (Polish Skierki) in the East Prussian district of Rastenburg.[4]
On 30 September 1928, the rural municipality of Pieszewo expanded to include the neighboring village of Platlack (Polish Platławki, no longer in existence). On 23 May 1929, Pieszewo was reorganized into the Amtsbezirk Rodehlen (Polish Rodele), and on 1 April 1939, it was incorporated into the municipality of Rodehlen. Pieszewo was the first village in the district of Rodehlen.
Pieszewo counted a total of 82 inhabitants in 1820, it was 49 in 1885, 33 in 1905, 26 in 1910, and 176 in 1933.